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PROPERTY FROM A SCANDINAVIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL VESSEL (JUE)
SHANG DYNASTY
the deep U-shaped body rising from three blade legs to a pointed rim opposite a long spout flanked by a pair of posts, cast around the body with two raised fillets and set to one side with a loop handle issuing from an animal mask, the body decorated with archaic motifs forming two taotie masks, with a pictogram beneath the handle, the bronze with variegated malachite encrustations, Japanese wood box
Quantity: 2
19.7 cm. 7 3/4 in.
Estimate
8,000
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12,000
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